Assets
The objective of the Assets Program is to provide a program of research that will assist road and transport agencies in their efforts to minimise the whole of life cost of road infrastructure assets. The assets strategic research program is targeted to address the priorities identified in the Austroads Strategic Plan.
The role of the assets task force is to develop and deliver a program this program. Key focuses of the program are providing optimal levels of service, catering to road user requirements and monitoring and reporting on performance. As a review panel to promote best practice in asset management through the development and maintenance of the Austroads Guide to Asset Management. The assets task force also incorporates the functions of the assets review panel.
The focus of the Guide to Asset Management is the management and preservation of current physical assets. The guide:
- Provides practitioners guidance for decision making with respect to good practice asset management at a network level.
- Introduces overall general principals and the process of asset management
- Identifies emerging issues or drivers of change
- Points practitioners to further sources of information.
The Guide considers assets at a network level and can be grouped in the following way:
- Parts 1, 2 and 3 deal with introducing the topic, community relations and setting strategic direction
- Parts 4 and 8 relate to program development and asset value.
- Parts 5, 6 and 7 deal with specific asset types
The full Guide to Asset Management set comprises of:
- Part 1: Introduction to Asset Management
- Part 2: Community and Stakeholder Requirements
- Part 3: Asset Strategies
- Part 4: Program Development and Implementation
- Part 5: Pavement Performance
- Part 5A: Inventory
- Part 5B: Roughness
- Part 5C: Rutting
- Part 5D: Strength
- Part 5E: Cracking
- Part 5F: Skid Resistance
- Part 5G: Texture
- Part 5H: Performance Modelling
- Part 6: Bridge Performance
- Part 7: Road Related Assets Performance
- Part 8: Asset Valuation and Audit
The assets strategic research program is targeted to address the priorities identified in the Austroads Strategic Plan.
AS1337 Establishing a new national pavement maintenance database
AS1487 Developing levels of service and their translation into investigatory criteria - customer expectations and willingness to pay
AT1480 Predicting dynamic wheel loading and its effects on the network
AT1489 Identifying the best measure of the variation in longitudinal surface profile for use in triggering pavement rehabilitation works
AT1484 Review of Standard Methods for Measuring Road Condition
AT1612 Future Availability & Increasing Cost of Bitumen and Alternative Surfacing Binders
AT1613 Interpretation of Traffic Speed Deflectograph (TSD) Data
AT1691 Managing Asset Management Related Civil Liability Legal Risk
AT1491 Update vehicle / road relationships underpinning road user cost and externality costs
AT1692 Asset Management Within a Safe Road System Framework
AT1488 Improving skid resistance measurement example for developing skid resistance investigatory levels.
AT1540 Understanding the Impact on Pavement Surfaces from Next Generation Freight Vehicles and Developing Practical Network Prediction Models and Responses
AT1064 Long-term Performance Monitoring to Develop Consistent Performance Models
AT1534 Management of Road Related Assets (including electrical and electronic)
AT1536 Good Practice Reseal Management
AT1537 Bridge Management through Performance Models
AT1539 Application of new technologies to improve risk management
AT1490 Improving the Estimation of the Cost of Accelerated Road Wear Due to Possible Increases in Axle Mass Limits
AT1693 Using Financial Data in Asset Management Decision Making
Program Manager:
Kathy Martin
Director Portfolio Investment Coordination
Department of Transport
Program Support:
Natalie Lockwood
Austroads Program Assistant
Main Roads Western Australia
PO Box 6202
East Perth WA 6892
Phone: +61 8 9323 4485
Fax: +61 8 9323 4547
Email:
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Specifications
| Method Number | Title | Issue Date | Version | |
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| AG:AMS001 | Specification for Pavement Roughness Measurement with an Inertial Laser Profilometer | 19/04/2007 | 1 |  |
| AG:AMS002 | Specification for Pavement Deflection Measurement with a Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) | 19/04/2007 | 2 |
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| AG:AMS003 | Specification for Pavement Deflection Measurement with a Deflectograph | 19/04/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AMS004 | Specification for Pavement Rutting Measurement with a Multi-Laser Profilometer | 19/04/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AMS005 | Specification for Pavement Surface Texture Measurement with a Laser Profilometer | 19/04/2007 | 1 | |
Test Methods
| Method Number | Title | Issue Date | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AG:AMT001 | Pavement Roughness Measurement with an Inertial Laser Profilometer | 2/03/2011 | 2 | |
| AG:AMT002 | Validation of an Inertial Laser Profilometer for Measuring Pavement Roughness (Reference Device Method) | 2/03/2011 | 2 |
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| AG:AMT003 | Validation of an Inertial Laser Profilometer for Measuring Pavement Roughness (Loop Method) | 19/04/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AMT004 | Pavement Roughness Repeatability and Bias Checks for an Inertial Laser Profilometer | 19/04/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AMT005 | Distance Measurement Validation of Road Condition Monitoring Vehicles | 2/03/2011 | 2 | |
| AG:AMT006 | Pavement Deflection Measurement with a Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) | 31/03/2011 | 3 | |
| AG:AMT007 | Pavement Deflection Measurement with a Deflectograph | 2/03/2011 | 2 | |
| AG:AMT008 | Validation and Repeatability Checks for a Deflectograph | 19/04/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AMT009 | Pavement Rutting Measurement with a Multi-Laser Profilometer | 2/03/2011 | 2 | |
| AG:AMT010 | Validation of a Multi-Laser Profilometer for Measuring Pavement Rutting (Reference Device Method) | 2/03/2011 | 2 | |
| AG:AMT011 | Validation of a Multi-Laser Profilometer for Measuring Pavement Rutting (Loop Method) | 19/04/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AMT012 | Pavement Rutting Repeatability and Bias Checks for a Multi-Laser Profilometer | 19/04/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AMT013 | Pavement Surface Texture Measurement with a Laser Profilometer | 2/03/2011 | 2 | |
| AG:AMT014 | Validation of a Laser Profilometer for Measuring Pavement Surface Texture (Reference Device Method) | 2/03/2011 | 2 | |
| AG:AMT015 | Validation of a Laser Profilometer for Measuring Pavement Surface Texture (Loop Method) | 19/04/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AMT016 | Pavement Surface Texture Repeatability and Bias Checks for a Laser Profilometer | 19/04/2007 | 1 | |
Commentaries
| Method Number | Title | Issue Date | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AG:AM/S001 | Specification for Pavement Roughness Measurement with an Inertial Laser Profilometer | 07/07/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AM/S002 | Specification for Pavement Deflection Measurement with a Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) | 07/07/2007 | 1 |
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| AG:AM/S003 | Specification for Pavement Deflection Measurement with a Deflectograph | 07/07/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AM/S004 | Specification for Pavement Rutting Measurement with a Multi-Laser Profilometer | 07/07/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AM/S005 | Specification aor Pavement Surface Texture Measurement with a Laser Profilometer | 07/07/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AM/T001 | Pavement Roughness Measurement with an Inertial Laser Profilometer | 2/03/2011 | 2 | |
| AG:AM/T002 | Validation of an Inertial Laser Profilometer for Measuring Pavement Roughness (Reference Device Method) | 07/07/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AM/T003 | Validation of an Inertial Laser Profilometer for Measuring Pavement Roughness (Loop Method) | 07/07/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AM/T004 | Pavement Roughness Repeatability and Bias Error Checks for an Inertial Laser Profilometer | 07/07/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AM/T005 | Distance Measurement Validation of Road Condition Monitoring Vehicles | 07/07/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AM/T006 | Pavement Deflection Measurement with a Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) | 31/03/2011 | 2 | |
| AG:AM/T007 | Pavement Deflection Measurement with a Deflectograph | 2/03/2011 | 2 | |
| AG:AM/T008 | Validation and Repeatability Checks for a Deflectograph | 07/07/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AM/T009 | Pavement Rutting Measurement with a Multi-Laser Profilometer | 03/07/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AM/T010 | Validation of a Multi-Laser Profilometer for Measuring Pavement Rutting (Reference Device Method) | 03/07/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AM/T011 | Validation of a Multi-Laser Profilometer for Measuring Pavement Rutting (Loop Method) | 03/07/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AM/T012 | Pavement Rutting Repeatability and Bias Error Checks for a Multi-Laser Profilometer | 07/12/2007 | 1 |
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| AG:AM/T013 | Pavement Surface Texture Measurement with a Laser Profilometer | 2/03/2011 | 2 |
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| AG:AM/T014 | Validation of a Laser Profilometer for Measuring Pavement Surface Texture (Reference Device Method) | 03/07/2007 | 1 |
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| AG:AM/T015 | Validation of a Laser Profilometer for Measuring Pavement Surface Texture (Loop Method) | 03/07/2007 | 1 |
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| AG:AM/T016 | Pavement Surface Texture Repeatability and Bias Error Checks for a Laser Profilometer | 12/07/2007 | 1 |
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